Arresting means for autographic registers



Dec. 26, 1950- H. J. WAECHTER 2,536,013

ARRESTING MEANS FOR AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTERS Filed March 11, 1949 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 IN V EN TOR.

Dec. 26, 1950 H. J. WAECHTER 2,536,013

ARRESTING MEANS FOR AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTERS Filed March 11, 1949 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 AL! JNVENTOR. B 10mm MM, M v M Patented Dec. 26, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ARRESTING MEANS Foe AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTERS Harry J. Waechter, Mount Healthy, Ohio, as-

signor to Paul Benninghofen and Eleanor C. Diesbach, Hamilton, Ohio, as trustees Application March 11, 1949, Serial No. 80,890 1 Claim. (01. 282-12) tion is particularly directed to improvements in the pins which arrest the movement of the strip and align the exposed 'form on the platen.

In manually operated machines of this type, the folded strip of connected forms is usually stored in an appropriate compartment in the register casing. The end of the strip is unfolded and passed over the writing platen, where the endmost form is aligned on the platen and held in exposed position, by means of spring-mounted pins which engage filing holes in the form.

When a sale is made, the salesperson records the transaction on the exposed form, causes the pins to be withdrawn from engagement with the filing holes and grasps the free edge of the form. By pulling on the free edge of the filled-in form, he draws the strip across the platen, until the filled-in form is free of the platen and the following form is moved to the exposed position on the platen where it is held by means of the pins, which are actuated to move into engagement with the filing holes on that form. The filled-in form is then disconnected from the strip by the operator who tears the strip along the scored lines which connect the forms.

The locating pins which align the exposed form on the platen serve to arrest the movement of the strip across the platen when the following form reaches a position of registry withthe platen. Usually, these pins are spring-mounted so that, once they are disengaged from the filing holes in the end form and movement of the strip across the platen is started, the springs urge the pins toward the aperture engaging position. Consequently, at least one pin rides the surface of the moving strip until the apertures of the following form com into alignment with the pin; at which time the pin is snapped into engagement with the aperture and the movement of the strip three or even more form from the m ch n and p that he has to open the register, re-fold and pack I 2 the forms and place the correct form on the writing platen to save the unmarked forms, inadvertently drawn from the register.

In the past, it has been customary to form the top of the arresting pin so that it is substantially fiat or slightly rounded. Thus, when the filing holes move toward the position of registry with the pins, the rearward portion of the pin head rides on the surface of the strip, while the forward portion of the pin head partially registers with the hole. Hence, the rearward portion of the pin head prevents the pin from snapping into engagement with the hole until the entire pin is in exact alignment with the filing hole. Since the movement of these pins is usually accomplished by means of springs of medium strength and sensitivity, the strip movement may be-so rapid that the front edge of the pin has engaged the strip on the other side of the filing hole before the springs can urge the pin into engagement with the edge of the hole. Hence, the filing holes on two or three successive forms may pass over the pin before the operator becomes aware of the overtravel. The problem is not so acute in crank operated machines because means are usually provided to temporarily stop the movement of the crank after one complete cycle and the pins engage the holes during the stoppage.

, The principal object of this invention has been to provide an improved strip-riding arresting pin which will engage the aperture of a moving form and arrest the movement of the form, even though the form is moving at an extremely rapid speed rate.

Other objects and advantages of this invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art from the following description of the drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a top perspective view of an autographic register incorporating the improved pin of this invention.

Figure 2 is a vertical section taken along line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a vertical section taken along line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a vertical section taken along line 1-4 of Figure 2, showing a typical pin actuating mechanism useful in conjunction with the pin of this invention with the pins engaged in arresting position.

t Figure 5 is a view similarto Figure 4, showing the pins in the depressed position. i

t Figure 6 is a iragmentarysectional view taken 3 similar to Figure 2 but illustrating the pin being depressed. v

Figure 7 is a View taken on line 7-1 of Figure 1, but showing the arresting pin in a disengaged position to correspond with the other pin as shown in Figure 6.

Figure 8 is a vertical sectional view similarto Figure 7:, showing thepin about tomove into an arresting position.

Figure 9 is a vertical section similar to Figure 7, but showing the arresting pin .in its. engaging position.

The improvements of this invention can be adapted to various typesof hand. and. crank operated autographic registers.*However, the line vention is disclosed in the drawings in conjunc tion with an autographic register -which-is. the subject matter of my co-pending application Serial No. 81,565, filed March 15, 1949.

The register consists. of a casing indicated generallylat li. comprising alhinged bottom l6, side -..and endawalls Hand 93;. and a hinged frametype lid l9. ij'lIherinterio-rnof the -.casing isdi- ..irvidedrby. a platf-orm 2d,;into a compartment 2|,

13in .which astrip'ofmaniiold :forms 22 is-stored;

grand a;..compartment 23. which isused'as. a-temo-tporary .ifilingzreceptacle-rfor duplicate copies. of 3 the forms.

As best seen in Figure 2, the manifold strip ispartially unfolded andpassed. around a bar 24'; :andiover a writingplatenZfi. Bepressible pins rid-and 2i pro-ject thrqughslots' 28 and 29 6m the' writing platen. and: engagehling holes 39 r.-.in the.endmost form of the strip, thus preventing a the form: from being drawnbackwardly across:

the plat-enby the-weight of thestripand serving 'toalignthe form-on theplaten so that. it is. ex 3 posedthrough a window 3! :inthe .liol.v .Glearance ...-slots-.32. and (stain thelidrnay also..be..provided .to-allowathe pins to project beyond. the. top ofi nthe forms.v Thepinsiiiiandrzl. maybewithdrawn iromengagement with. the. filing liolesto permit adilledeinformtc be passed. across the platen and drawn. from .the .register.

.Suitablemechanism is provided in the register ..to return-the'pins to engagement position when Qthefilingliolesjdf the followingformiin thestrip oomeinto registry with the pins. 'This'mechanism snaps thepins' upwardl through'theslots 23. and 29 in the writing platen and intoengage- .mentwitlithe filingh-olesii in the formythereby 'arresting"the"movement -*of the strip along the platen.

Arepresentati-ve pin 'actuatingmechanism is "shown in Figures 3, 4*a'nd 5j-This mechanism is preferred since it effects simultaneous withdrawal "of both pins and gives eminentlysatisfactory re- -sults. -However; it should be understood that v any other suitable pin actuating mechanism may be employed with the invention. The-.Ipins i126 and-2i are mounteci at the'ends of arms f3fiand 3fi which are respectivelypivoted on: pinsKEE-i and 31 fixed on the opposite side portions of a bracket -38 iastened to -platform 55. I A etens-iongspring 39 extends between the two arms-beingtastened to anchor-pins iii and it 'arrangedmearthe central portion of each arm. This spring .:.tends. to urge both: of thearm's and the arresting pins upwa i'dly" in-...arcuate":inovement about the pivot points '36 "and 3?. Stop lips :42 :andi iSare-proe videdmn 'the bracket' 38 and the upward movement of the levers and the arresting-zpins; is stoppedwhen "the 'rabutments d4 c.1011 ztheslevers contact these lips.

"In-"order: to obtain 'coactiveimovemem of the arms, arm is provided with a cam stud 45 which extends through an obliquely angled cam slot 46 formed in arm 34. The projecting end of this stud is upset to provide an annular flange 41 which embraces the backface of arm 34, thus preventing the stud from being sprung out of engagement-with the slot. aThe bracket 38 is accut-out ras at 348, to receiventhe c-flange and the flange is free to move in the cut-out portion .l :without rubbing or interfering with the bracket. Hence, it will .be observed that when pin 26 is "depressedfrom engagement 'with the form holes by means of a pencil 49 or other suitable instrument,::arm .34pivots about pin 36 and cam slot 56 forcescam stud 45 downwardly, thereby causing-the simultaneously downward movement of .arm 35. anclthe .withdrawal of pin 27 from engagement with the apertures. During this motion,- stud 45 slides in slot 46 and tension spring 29 3% is expanded by the diverging movement of rancher 131116 340 and r 4 l a'JWhen'. the :pencil is rea moved andpin 2G re1eased,;spring 39 is free to "ocontract and: does .so, forcing. arms :34 and :.-35.;'to pivot np-wardly moving. :the pins toward them- 25 restingaposition.

.The pins 26 and-2 are; of different configurawtiOlfl, pin. 2 8 i being constructedi .such a a manner that it :soeketsthe .pe-ncilland permits the .pencil H1701 .-be::slid. forwardlm't forcing" the form over the .530 writing plateniuntil an :edge of the 'formprojects beyondnthe casing thusgi-ving the operator. a g;finger..'hold ,on-thee-form. e As .best' seen-:inrFig- 'LILSS Eand. 6,--the head of this pin is configurated :to provide a socket 50 whichreceives-the .point 35 of :the pencil. orother instrument... A ledge-Elle);-

J :tending. from. the =botto-m.. of.. the pin head. is "groovedtoprovide a channelor slidewayr52 .co-

extensive with thehottom ofthesocket and along which .thei-pencil-point. may be. drawn; Since the ;s weslots-i siandfiz.inlthezplaten and lid, respectively,

are elo-n-gated-.and. donotinterfere with lthe move- :ment. of; .-the;.-penci1,- the pencil maybe pushed forward; carrying. the .form with-it,v until: an edge 4.53? oicthe. formxprojects beyond: the. edge ,of. the is -casing where it maybe-grasped by. the operator.

1 :The improvement oi this invention. resides primarily..inetheaconfiguration .ofarresting pin =27 which accompl she'shthe initial .1 arrest and align- ..ment oithemovingiorm. Thepin is formedwith 60. arprojecting edge=v54.which.extends above theremainder of. the...pin head. Consequently. when he .pencilhasbeen withdrawn fromcontact with pin 26 and bothpins-move.upwardlyunderthe ;.,.,act on of; theespringmonly. the projecting edge .165 e54 ofrpin 2.7- :engages the: undersurfaceof the mov- .ingstrip. .Preierably, this edge 54. isnot sharp, but is .fiattened slightlyes. at .55, .-to facilitate the i.=movement;of thepaperrover the edge, Whilethe ;,:pin isariding ron .thewpaper. -,'1he.-corner-:56, .at .oowwh'chi theasfiatiands the front-face 5? :of-the -pin;me et,- is-roundedi slightly .130. permit the. cor- .eneriiromatearing the.moving paper. .Thus,. this .ed-geis. dreez-to snap into engagement with. the .-filing hole as. soonsas the holes come -intoalignoment with theaedgeh Theremainder of-thepin ieheadedoes not contact the surface ,of: the moving :strip :and, :consequently; engagement.- of :the: projecting edge is immediate and is not delayeduntil the? holes. is; .in :aiignment. :with the entire.- 1 head. Eheproiectingedge :54. is :for-med'on that. portion 601 the; pinhead is-closest to .the. approachgx' formholesi'andrtharemainder of the :head is wslantediz sharply downwards and away wfrom the -;-edge. 7 :Thusg-aiter a salesperson has-recorded a transaction on a form and he desires to remove the form from the register, he inserts the pencil 48 in a socket 50 of pin 26, pushes the pin downwardly and causes the simultaneous disengagement of both pins from the filing holes of the form. The operator then pushes the pencil forward along the channel 52. The form is carried forward with the moving pencil until the form edge 53 projects a short distance beyond the casing. This projecting edge is then grasped by the operator who removes the pencil from engagement with the pin and the holes of the form. After the pin has been removed, both pins tend to move upwardly under the action of spring 39 and the projecting edge 54 of pin 21 engages the bottom of the form. The operator then draws the form rapidly across the writing platen until the entire form is outside of the casing andthe next form is in alignment on the platen, at which point the strip movement is arrested by the engagement of pin 21 with the holes in the following form.

It will be noted that durin the movement of the strip only the projecting edge 54 of pin 21 rides the undersurface of the moving strip. The other portions of pin 23 cannot contact the strip because of the relief afforded by the slanted head, pin 26 does not contact the strip, since it is shorter than the projecting edge of pin 21 and itsv position relative to the strip is controlled bythe engaged cams. Thus, since there is absolutely no interference with the upward movement of projecting edge 54 except the surface of the moving strip, which it alone contacts, the edge will snap into immediate engagement with the filing hole as soon as the filing hole comes into alignment with the edge. The arrest is not delayed until the entire pin is in alignment with the hole.

Having described my invention, I claim:

In combination with an autographic register of the type in which a strip of connected sets of superimposed forms, each form having a pair of filing holes therein, is moved across a writing platen and each set of forms brought into successive registry with the platen, means for arresting the movement of the strip and for aligning the superimposed forms of each set when it is brought into registry with the platen comprising; a pair of pins, means interlinking said pins for simultaneous movement in a plane normal to the writing platen toward and away from set aligning positions in which the body portions of both pins are in snug engagement with the respective holes of a set of forms, spring means urging said pins toward set aligning positions, one of said pins conflgurated to receive an instrument for moving said pins away from set aligning positions and for initially advancing the strip, and the other of said pins having an arresting head extending beyond the body portion thereof so that the latter pin is adapted to ride on the surface of the strip when the strip is being moved across the platen holding the other pin in spaced relationship to the surface of the strip through said interlinkage means, said arresting head being smaller than the body portion of either pin and terminating in a blunt point, the end of which is adjacent the side of the pin facing oncoming forms and which is adapted to engage filing holes for arresting the strip in position of re istry with the platen before the body portion of either pin engages the strip.

HARRY J. WAECHTER.

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